---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001903596-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWPP"
cik: "0001163389"
company_name: "NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:48:37.301339+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Peoples Bankshares appoints Barton Scot Long and James W. Kiser as directors

## Summary
- Barton Scot Long and James W. Kiser appointed to the board of directors of New Peoples Bankshares on January 19, 2024.
- James W. Kiser also appointed to the board of subsidiary New Peoples Bank, effective upon regulatory notification.
- Kiser has been president and CEO of the bank since December 1, 2023; receives no additional director compensation.
- Both appointments extend until the 2024 annual meeting, where they will be nominated for full three-year terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001903596-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWPP
- cik: 0001163389
- company_name: NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000190359624000028/0001903596-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000190359624000028/nwpp_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-24-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-24-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-24-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James W. Kiser was appointed as Director at NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 19, 2024, the board of directors of New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Barton Scot Long and James W. Kiser as directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000190359624000028/0001903596-24-000028-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barton Scot Long was appointed as Director at NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 19, 2024, the board of directors of New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Barton Scot Long and James W. Kiser as directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000190359624000028/0001903596-24-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.